Bangladesh: Ex-Prime Minister Goes To Prison, Current PM Rejoices March 18, 2018 B. Z. Khasru On February 8, the day a court sent Bangladesh’s former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, to prison for stealing money from a trust fund, current prime minister and Zia’s archrival, Sheikh Hasina, rhetorically asked a public rally: “Where is she?” Hasina’s question […]

A Rangpur court has sentenced seven militants, including neo-JMB regional commander Masud Rana, to death for the 2015 murder of Kawnia shrine caretaker Rahmat Ali. But neo-JMB leader Jahangir Alam aka Rajeeb Gandhi and five others have been acquitted. The verdict was announced by Rangpur Special Judge Naresh Chandra Sarkar on Sunday. The seven […]

Putin set for 4th term Presidential candidate President Vladimir Putin walks out of a voting booth after casting his vote at a polling station in Moscow yesterday. Photo: AFP Vladimir Putin won Russia’s presidential election yesterday with almost 74 percent of the vote, according to an official exit poll, with the opposition reporting ballot stuffing […]

Ashif Islam Shaon Md Sanaul Islam Tipu Child abuse has seen an alarming rise in Bangladesh in the last yearMehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune ‘In a rape case, if the victim is under 13 years old, her parents want to hush up what happened to their daughter fearing social stigma, or the offender in some way manages […]

Another heart-break Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan tries to wipe the anguish off his face after watching Soumya Sarkar’s last delivery of the innings disappear over extra-cover boundary as India clinched the Nidahas Trophy with a four-wicket win in the final at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. Photo: AFP Sports Reporter It was […]

Bangladesh’s Shakib al Hasan reacts during the final against India in Colombo SundayAFP Dhaka Tribune Correspondent Minhaz Uddin Khan reports from Colombo. Bangladesh having lost the Nidahas T20I tri-nation series final to India by four wickets in Colombo Sunday registered their fifth final defeat in a multi-nation tournament. The Tigers till date have played five multi-nation finals […]

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday extended stay on bail granted to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia by the High Court in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case till May 8. A four-judge bench, chaired by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, also fixed May 8 for hearing appeals of the government […]

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith speaks at a pre-budget discussion with chairpersons of the parliamentary standing committees on different ministries held at the National Economic Council auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday. — New Age photoChairpersons of the parliamentary standing committees on different ministries on Sunday recommended introducing cash incentives for consumers against their payment […]

Graduating from LDC: A step toward Sonar Bangla The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is a list of countries that the exhibit lowest indicators of socioeconomic development. The concept of LDCs originated in the late 1960s with a view to improve the socioeconomic conditions of these countries. United Nations announced the first list of LDCs in […]

Ittefaq Report BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Friday said that judges in the country cannot hold trial proceedings with an open mind as there is no the independence of the judiciary. “It’s not possible now to deliver any verdict without any fear as the independence of the judiciary is now only on papers, […]

Syrian civilians evacuate from the town of Jisreen in the southern Eastern Ghouta, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on their way to areas under government control on Saturday. — AFP photo STRINGER / AFP Thousands of terrified Syrian civilians fled for their lives on Saturday, as they sought to escape two raging […]

If the new banks, especially the failing ones, want to come back to business, they have to practice inclusive banking, and other new types of banking, in which there is huge market space and possibility of success A number of new banks are desperately striving to collect deposits by offering attractive rewards like jobs. But […]